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Extensive Hanging Plants Soften The Use Of Concrete In This Homes Design

December 29, 2020 Erin 0

MIA Design Studio has completed a home in Vietnam, for their client who wanted not only a comfortable but also convenient living space situated in the center of a hectic city. The home, which has a concrete structure, is softened by the use of lianas (or climbing vines). The vines hide the concrete, creating a […]

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Shma Company designs Bangkok home for family and forest of 120 trees

September 29, 2020 Jennifer Hahn 0
Louvres on the facade of the Forest House by Shma Company

More than 20 different plant species grow in Forest House, designed by landscape architecture practice Shma Company to fit the largest possible amount of greenery into a small urban plot. Over a space of just 300 square metres, including the roof, the family home in the Thai capital of Bangkok accommodates seven people and 120

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Nudes tops greenery-covered Forest School in Pune with looping cycling track

July 12, 2020 India Block 0
Forest School in Pune by Nudes

Architecture studio Nudes has designed a school covered in plants and topped by a cycling track shaped like an infinity symbol for Pune, India. Forest School in Pune is the winning entry for a competition to design a new educational facility for the city in western India. Nudes’ plan for the school is to build

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Plants cover grey steel of Hotel Click Clack Medellín by Plan:b Arquitectos

June 3, 2020 India Block 0

Verdant greenery contrasts with the concrete benches and grey metal walls of a hotel in Medellín, Colombia, designed by Plan:b Arquitectos. Plants native to the mountainous region around Medellín grow from planters built into the steel walls and hang from triangular metal baskets suspended from the ceiling in the lobby area. Plan:b Arquitectos slightly sunk the

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Plants cover grey steel of Hotel Click Clack Medellín by Plan:b Arquitectos

June 3, 2020 India Block 0

Verdant greenery contrasts with the concrete benches and grey metal walls of a hotel in Medellín, Colombia, designed by Plan:b Arquitectos. Plants native to the mountainous region around Medellín grow from planters built into the steel walls and hang from triangular metal baskets suspended from the ceiling in the lobby area. Plan:b Arquitectos slightly sunk the

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Austin Maynard Architects adds plant-filled conservatory in centre of Newry house

May 15, 2020 Amy Frearson 0
Sliding awnings on the glass roof

Austin Maynard Architects has transformed the quality of light inside a narrow Melbourne house, by creating a greenhouse-like space at its centre. The Melbourne-based studio made only small changes to two-storey house Newry, but has made it feel much more spacious and bright. No rooms were moved around, instead new openings were made to allow natural light

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Ingenhoven Architects wraps Düsseldorf office with five miles of hedges to create Europe’s largest green facade

May 4, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Kö-Bogen II office in Düsseldorf by Ingenhoven Architects is covered with five miles of hedges

Ingenhoven Architects has covered the Kö-Bogen II office block in Düsseldorf, Germany, with 30,000 plants to form hedges that would stretch five miles laid end to end. Located on the Gustaf-Gründgens-Platz in the Hofgarten district of the city, the office five-storey office occupies a prominent position alongside the 1950s Dreischeibenhaus tower and opposite the 1960s

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Stairs Carve A Path Through This Minimalist Japanese House

March 30, 2020 Erin 0

Photography by Daici Ano Architecture firm Nendo has designed a minimalist house in a quiet residential area of Tokyo, that has stairs traveling from the exterior to the interior. Designed as a home for two families, the layout of the house is split, with the lower level for an older couple, while the two upper […]

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Tropical plants cover the balconies of Chicland hotel in Vietnam

January 13, 2020 Jon Astbury 0
Chicland by Vo Trong Nghia

Concrete balconies filled with tropical plants cover the Chicland hotel in Danang, Vietnam, designed by Vo Trong Nghia – the Dezeen Awards 2019 architect of the year. Overlooking the sea on the coastal road of Vo Nguyen Giap, every room of the 21-storey hotel has its own tropical garden. Along with 129 bedrooms, the slim

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MIA Design Studio covers Vietnamese home with protruding planters

December 28, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
Sky House by MIA Design Studio

Cuboid planters containing trees and shrubs protrude from the elevations of this home in Saigon, Vietnam, designed by MIA Design Studio. Called Sky House, the house was designed by MIA Design Studio to create a sense of being close to nature within its busy urban surroundings. The living spaces of the three-storey home are set back

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